UK
University Lecturers Vote for Boycott of Israeli Universities - James
MeikleDelegates at the first conference of the new University and College
Union in Bournemouth voted by 158 to 99 Wednesday for "a comprehensive and
consistent boycott" of all Israeli academic institutions. A boycott might
involve refusing to work with journals published by Israeli companies or
collaborate on research contracts with Israeli academics. But Sally Hunt,
the general secretary of the union, said: "I do not believe a boycott is
supported by a majority of [120,000] UCU members, nor do I believe that members
see it as a priority for the union." The boycott was also opposed by the
education minister, Bill Rammell, who said: "The UK government fully supports
academic freedom and is firmly against any academic boycotts of Israel or
Israeli academics." (Guardian-UK) See also Jewish
Leaders Condemn British Academic Union Vote to Support Hamas and to Boycott
Israeli UniversitiesHarold Tanner, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein,
Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations, have condemned the British University and College Union
resolutions that support campaigns to boycott Israeli academic institutions and
to provide unconditional financial aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian
Authority: "These obscene resolutions have all the faults that academics
normally deplore in their profession: a superficial and flawed understanding of
the subject, clear bias, and antagonism to the open exchange of ideas. Their
call for unconditional financial support for the Hamas-led Palestinian
Authority, which continues to terrorize Israeli civilians and calls for Israel's
destruction, demonstrates that the sympathies of the majority of the union's re!
presenta tives lie with a terrorist group rather than the victims of
terror....The resolution asserts that boycotting Israeli academic institutions
is not anti-Semitic, but singling out, demonizing, and delegitimizing the Jewish
state, as the resolution does, is by definition just that." (Conference of
Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations)

Many of you have asked for contact information for UCU
(University and College Union) members who voted to boycott
Israeli academics. Below, the names, telephone numbers and
e-mail addresses of the regional and local heads of the
union. Feel free to express your opinions to them, keeping
in mind that not everyone on this list voted in favor of
this resolution. Sally Hunt, joint general secretary, for
example, has stated that she voted against it.

Israel's Minister of Immigration and Absorption has called
upon Jews to refrain from making contributions to British
institutions of higher learning. I say, why just Jews? I
call upon all those who are committed to justice, freedom
and truth to give their contributions to academic
institutions which stand firmly behind academic freedom and
cultural cooperation, and which are not tainted by racism
and anti-Semitism.

Unfortunately, UCU members, and the institutions that employ
and nuture them, are guilty until proven innocent. Let's
hear something outloud from Cambridge and Oxford, etc.
removing themselves from this shameful calumny. Until then,
silence is acquiescence.

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Boycott the Boycotters

This Jew hate is obscene.

UK
University Lecturers Vote for Boycott of Israeli Universities - James
MeikleDelegates at the first conference of the new University and College
Union in Bournemouth voted by 158 to 99 Wednesday for "a comprehensive and
consistent boycott" of all Israeli academic institutions. A boycott might
involve refusing to work with journals published by Israeli companies or
collaborate on research contracts with Israeli academics. But Sally Hunt,
the general secretary of the union, said: "I do not believe a boycott is
supported by a majority of [120,000] UCU members, nor do I believe that members
see it as a priority for the union." The boycott was also opposed by the
education minister, Bill Rammell, who said: "The UK government fully supports
academic freedom and is firmly against any academic boycotts of Israel or
Israeli academics." (Guardian-UK) See also Jewish
Leaders Condemn British Academic Union Vote to Support Hamas and to Boycott
Israeli UniversitiesHarold Tanner, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein,
Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations, have condemned the British University and College Union
resolutions that support campaigns to boycott Israeli academic institutions and
to provide unconditional financial aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian
Authority: "These obscene resolutions have all the faults that academics
normally deplore in their profession: a superficial and flawed understanding of
the subject, clear bias, and antagonism to the open exchange of ideas. Their
call for unconditional financial support for the Hamas-led Palestinian
Authority, which continues to terrorize Israeli civilians and calls for Israel's
destruction, demonstrates that the sympathies of the majority of the union's re!
presenta tives lie with a terrorist group rather than the victims of
terror....The resolution asserts that boycotting Israeli academic institutions
is not anti-Semitic, but singling out, demonizing, and delegitimizing the Jewish
state, as the resolution does, is by definition just that." (Conference of
Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations)

Many of you have asked for contact information for UCU
(University and College Union) members who voted to boycott
Israeli academics. Below, the names, telephone numbers and
e-mail addresses of the regional and local heads of the
union. Feel free to express your opinions to them, keeping
in mind that not everyone on this list voted in favor of
this resolution. Sally Hunt, joint general secretary, for
example, has stated that she voted against it.

Israel's Minister of Immigration and Absorption has called
upon Jews to refrain from making contributions to British
institutions of higher learning. I say, why just Jews? I
call upon all those who are committed to justice, freedom
and truth to give their contributions to academic
institutions which stand firmly behind academic freedom and
cultural cooperation, and which are not tainted by racism
and anti-Semitism.

Unfortunately, UCU members, and the institutions that employ
and nuture them, are guilty until proven innocent. Let's
hear something outloud from Cambridge and Oxford, etc.
removing themselves from this shameful calumny. Until then,
silence is acquiescence.